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TRUTH 7 I
WATfcRS OP THE NILE.
New York Times: Every morniiig'
from a little room of a great white
house on the eastern shore of the
Nile, at Assouan, is clicked hy telc
jp graph to Cairo the question, "How
inttch water?'' The answer comes, so
iitiiny thousand gallons more, or so
matly thousand gallons less. A but
ton1 is pressed, the water which flows
under the iron bridge at Cairo is in
creased or diminished some ten days
later in accordance with the tele
graphic answer, and the intervening
valley between Assouan aild Cairo
has a little more or a little less water
on its surface. The man at the button
may bring joy or sorrow to thous
m. amis of little farms St is all accord
' ing to the message he receives.
From the great white house there
extends across the river a granite wall
or dam 150 feet high. Half way up
this wall, and stretching its entire
length, a line of shutters opens -or
1 closes by a pressure of the button.
In the winter months a huge lake ex
pands to the southward, which has ev
ery appearance of being a flood, for,
in certain places, the tops of palm
trees are discernible above its surface
and the summits of inundated ruins
1 .apparently mark the sites of sunken
I cities. As the days go by, and Cairo
, demands more and more water, the
. palm trees and the ruins seem to rise
. from titcir watery beds, until, in June
j and early July, the river flows freely
with all its historic indolence.
1 Still the cry for water is insatiable,
and now the 150 feet of granite wall
will be lengthened by twenty-three
feet, which will double the power of
the man at the button, and after that
, no more palms or ruins will unfold
themselves, as the hot months come
from the surface of the lake. The
palm trees will not be missed, but
wlifit of the ruins? That is the trib
utc of the past which modern agri
cultural Egypt is called upon to pay.
Just south of the granite wall is the
island which holds the amphibious
ruins. Twenty-three feet of granite
now stand between it and oblivion.
It is named Philac, and is the burial
place of Osiris. A temple of four
teen columns rises on its eastern bank
and on its western is the great Tem
ple of Isis, begun by Ptolemy Phila
delphus and added to by the Roman
emperors. Its front is in the form of
a propylon, before which is an ex
pansive court bounded by two galler
ies, the column sides of which skirt
the shore for 250 feet. Behind the
propylon are many halls and cham
bers of curious and fantastic design.
The whelming waters of the winter
months have . already begun their
work. Floors have sunken, columns
fallen, and walls crumbled. The
twenty-three additional feet of gran
ite will complete the work of devas
tation. Philac and it- ruins will ne
ver again feel the sun of Egypt
It was thought that the granite wall
across the Nile at Assouan, 150 feet'
high, would provide perpetual irriga
tion for the desert to the north. That
was a mistake. But will the twenty
three additional feet to the summit
of the walls, which will forever bury
Philae, complete the work? Will the
man at the button in the great white
house ever have the power that Jos
eph had to direct, increase, or dimin
ish the flow of the river? Joseph had
no Assouan dam, and no shutters to
manipulate by the pressure of a but
ton. In what, therefore, did his pow
cr to make Egypt perennially fertile
consist?
$80.6 Round Trip To
Jamestown Exposition
JfSO.fiO Officii to Xorfolk, Va., and return.
Ticket. p,'oo(l sixty days. 90.05 for ticket
jood to return until December 15. Choice of
iioutes and stop-overs east of Chicago. Two
daily trains to Chicago via the
CHICAGO MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL
I RAILWAY
in connection with the Union Pacific Kail
road. The Overland Limited leaves Ogden
!5 ). 111. daily, arrives Union Station, Chicago,
9 :25 a. in. second morning. Another train
, at S :30 a. in. Jamestown Exposition folder
ij $ free on request. " , '
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C. S. WILLIAMS, Commercial Agent
106 West 2nd South Street
SALT LAKE CITY
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perhaps afford to make extravagant statements to induce you to buy Jl
that one ton, but that is not our desire. However, we state plainly H
that our coal is as good as the best and better than most others. It 5H
makes a bright quick fire and will last longer than other kinds and ifl
contains other good qualities that will make you a steady customer iH
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COMMENCING MONDAY--ALL WEEK! II
The Superb Orpheum Stock Company in IM
"CUMBERLAND 6 1 " z I
Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. Same Old Popular Prices II
SPECIAL MATINEE THURSDAY, JULY 4th.
SftLTftIR BeftCft TIMG TftBLe 1
In Effect May 30, 1907. I
Leave Salt Lake City. t Arrive. Leave Salt Lake City. Arrive
10:00 a. in. 1:00 p. in. 6:30 p. m. 7:45 p. m.
2:00 p. 111. 3MS P. m 7:IS ,,. m 8.30 p m
2:45 p. m. 4:00 . m. 8;00 Jft m
3:30 p. 111. 4:45 p. m.
4:1s P. m. s:30 p. m 8:-5 P. m. io:oo p. in
5:00 p. in. 6:15 p. m. 9:30 p. m. 10:45 P- m.
5:45 p. m. 7:00 p. in. 10:15 p. m. 11:30 p. m H
Sundays last train leaves Salt Lake City 9:30; Saltair 10:15. H
WALKER'S STORE
"INDEPENDENCE" SALE. I
1 .MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY,, Three Days 01 I
Strenuous Shopping, and then come the " Fireworks." H
Every Department in the Entire Store will Contribute to make this jfl
One of .the Greatest Bargain Events, we ever conducted
Reductions of Generous Proportions on nearly All Lines. l
Shop, MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, Store closed I
All Day Thursday. I